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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1920
Page
2
A quirky item notes the Exodus voyage starting with the first oyster heading to sea while a second oyster complains about not finding growth to rent until September. The fragment hints at maritime or seafood trade imagery without full context.
Details unfold of alleged internal revenue violations by Hostetter Bitters involving improper medication with quinine. Edward F. Goltra, Democratic National Committeeman from Missouri, aided by a national figure, faces potential recovery by the U.S. government. Justice solicitor Wayne M. Johnson outlined the case citing Medicare missteps and large stock disposals in defending the proprietary medicine.
Leaders of seventeen railroad unions with 2 million members telegraphed President Wilson Speaker Gillette and Senator Lodge urging Congress to stay in session to curb profiteering and living costs. They condemn the lack of passage of relief measures and warn that an adjournment risks economic disaster and continued price rises.
A large reward was posted for the capture of Lope Gerry, charged with killing Harry Retk as silent keeper. Scores of raids have occurred in the past five days as the manhunt continues nationwide.
Pro Irish sympathizers staged a protest in front of the Treasury Building as Miss Helen O'Brien of Boston burned a British flag. Maple sugar crop production fell last year with 8 million gallons of maple sap output and total production at 54 604 000 gallons.
Four picnickers from Philadelphia died when their automobile was struck by a stalled train on the Pennsylvania near Creasing Philadelphia. Three women and a man were killed, with authorities noting the accident as a tragic collision during a casual outing.
Republican presidential candidate Frank C. Lowden denounces the Missouri donors Nat Goldstein and Robert E. Moore who testified to secret campaign payments of 2500 dollars. He says he will refuse their support and criticizes the system that allows such funding while pledging reform and disclosure.
A U S vessel requested by the United States Government to transport 800 homeless Russian children from Vladivostok to Petrograd via the Suez Canal, per Maj Riley H. Allen, American Red Cross commissioner in Siberia, London. Beifrigee’s general 10 percent price cuts on all articles except groceries cited as a renewed setback.
A heated Senate inquiry in Philadelphia features Attorney General Palmer clashing with Eugene Bonniwell over alleged use of liquor politics and claims of character assassination. The session centers on pre conventions spending and Pennsylvanian primary politics as Bonniwell accuses Palmer of degradation of law while Palmer accuses Bonniwell of smear tactics.
Washington The Supreme Court held federal constitutional amendments cannot be submitted to popular vote for ratification by states with referendum provisions. The decision preserves state powers to set rules for ratification while limiting federal direct action on such amendments.
Marion Lownes, recently acquitted by a jury for the murder of her brother in law Maurice Crierson, is offered 0 a week to appear on the vaudeville stage. The appeal cites respect and Merc. appearance as motivation for the arrangement.
Helsingfors leader Helsingfors Edward Valpas, editor and head of a Finnish party and revolution movement, has been sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of high treason.
Missouri Supreme Court Justice Fred L. Williams finds the 1919 income tax act partly invalid retarding its application to incomes earned before August 7 while upholding other provisions. The decision clarifies tax rates across 1919 and earlier acts, with the Meyer Bros. Drug Co. case shaping the scope of legality. The tax valuation for the year rises to over 2.471 billion dollars, and the State Board of Equalization adjusts state real and personal property assessments accordingly.
A collage of brief items from Missouri towns reports long work hours by a 87 year old land abstractor in Springfield, court actions in St Louis and St Joseph, a found body near Burlington tracks, a surrender call in Morehouse County, sudden death of Charles P. Johnson in St Louis, and local civic notes including school bids, road incidents, and a teacher's retirement in Paris.
An old style ad touts Calotaba pills for flu like symptoms claiming 11 minute relief, no side effects, and a return to normal appetite. It claims the product cures a cold by next morning and offers a refund if not delighted, with price listed as thirteen cents.
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